SBCI pair shatter Booth for 44

Actions from the game Sowerby Bridge Church Institute CC v Bradshaw CC - batting - at Blackwall'Pictured is Jamie Sykes

Published:15:33Sunday 19 July 2015

Ollie Collinge may have had a few choice words to say to his Booth teammates after Saturday’s home game with SBCI in the Foster’s Halifax League’s top flight.

Collinge took seven for 52 to help dismiss visitors SBCI for 203, leaving him to contemplate putting his feet up for the second half and watching Booth’s batsmen knock off a fairly modest target for the ground.

However, just 16 overs later number 11 batsman Collinge was walking away from the middle in dismay, his 10 Booth colleagues having lost their wickets to Jamie Sykes (six for 16) and Robin Hanson (four for 22) as the hosts were skittled for 44.

SBCI, who went above Booth into third place, were completing an excellent recovery. They had been 13 for four inside the game’s opening half hour, Matthew Scholefield leading the fightback with an excellent 93, which included 11 fours and three sixes.

Top two Jer Lane and Mytholmroyd collected maximum points form home wins.

Jer Lane hammered another nail in Southowram’s coffin with a 141-run win.

Lane were on top from the start, opener Andrew Pinfield (130) and Wayne Cotton (65) paving the way for a total of 281 for five against a below-strength attack.

Dan Pummell’s unbeaten 33 was best for the visitors as slow bowler Simon Collins (four for 28 off 14) limited the Rams to 140.

Hayes and Lee Barber both fell to catches by Bruce, who was acting as a substitute fielder!

If Hayes was miffed at his dismissal it didn’t show as he took four for 21 to dismiss the visitors for 138, Sowerby repeating their win over the Rams from the same venue four weeks earlier.

While Sowerby are 20 points clear at the top, Northowram are now only seven in front of Oxenhope, who host Chris Conroy’s side twice in August.

A Stuart Jackson hat-trick helped Oxenhope to a 64 run win at home to Low Moor.

Luddenden Foot faltered late on in a close game against Stones at Swift Cross and slipped to the bottom of the table.

Half-centuries by Steve Heptinstall and Joe Ackroyd for the Ripponden side were matched by Ollie Hemingway and Owen Bairstow for Foot, who fell eight runs short of their 234 target when their number eight, nine and 10 batsmen got ducks.

Bradshaw registered a welcome five-wicket win at home to Bridgeholme.

Chris Kibble (65) and Tom Stansfield (58) got the Eastwood side away to a flyer with a 109-run opening stand.

Recent capture Scott Moody (five for 50) hit back for the hosts but Bridgeholme must have been confident of defending a score of 258.

However, the visitors handed over three overs and that made the chase easier for Bradshaw, who got there thanks to Steve Beck (73), wicketkeeper Adam Spendelow (52) and Moody (49).